I think it was 4 years with an optional +1
18
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 28
- Goals
- 5
- Assists
- 4
- Yellow cards
- 9
- Red cards
- 1
For him to be that slow/not be able to do 1 sprint means he is either carrying an injury or as a lot of us suspect his legs have gone. Cannot be with us next season.
Absolutely rubbish and that penalty was a joke and he didn't give a feck about it
Has to go this summer
Has to go this summer
He wont be here next season
It's one of these options jobs. 2026 but with an option to 2027!
Hopefully we hold the option decision!
If he starts in the cup final then we'll lose. Well, we'll definitely lose.
If I was Ten Hag I wouldn’t want to give him another minute after that penalty, it proved exactly what I’ve suspected for months - he either doesn’t give a shit, or worse is a saboteur.
His awful passing in games is easily written off as a player who is past it and struggling but no professional footballer suddenly forgets how to take a penalty.
Problem is we’ve no alternatives at either centre back or midfield so there’s no chance of that happening.
Hopefully by the time of the final we’ll have enough players back to drop him.
His awful passing in games is easily written off as a player who is past it and struggling but no professional footballer suddenly forgets how to take a penalty.
Problem is we’ve no alternatives at either centre back or midfield so there’s no chance of that happening.
Hopefully by the time of the final we’ll have enough players back to drop him.
Yup many of us said so at the time but it was frowned upon because we were apparently in no position to turn down the “best DM in the world”.
As I’ve said before, if you are a long term project like us, you should be signing young players who you can still be useful by the time the project (and they) mature. The exceptions to that rule must be cheap / freebies. That’s one issue with us - always looking for shortcuts. Arsenal’s strategy of buying younger players and accepting their predicament is what we need.
It’s also usually the technically brilliant midfielders who age well - Pirlo, Scholes, Modric etc To add to that our buildup was poor so it didn’t make sense to add a limited DM anyway. But ETH sadly was never interested in truly dominating games.
To be honest, I don't think this level of decline could've been expected. I think the fact he mentally checked out of this sesson/team is a bigger factor than his decline. Plus, on many occasions he was left in midfield with too much to do on his own.
Man Utd 4:2 Sheffield Utd
New
He seemed to perform much better in the CB role I think, bring calmness to the defence, maybe this is how we should use him the future.
He reminds me of Blanc.
He reminds me of Blanc.
Really good today, had a dodgy pass at one point but clearly cares. Bet he’s delighted to be out of that impossible midfield job for a few games.
Thought he was fantastic today, read the game superbly and didn't get caught out at all.
Did well and can be an option for us in the future (if he has one here) but against better teams, will need a proper sitting midfielder (nothing new there) in front of him or it could be another Coventry 2nd half with our crap tactics.
Passes the ball better as a CB than he has at DM all season, far more control and fewer of the heaves over the top.
He won a bloody foot race!
I have been told to be more positive, so he was decent today. Hopefully we have suitors at the end of the season
Probably his best match of the season (but the bar is extremely low). Not sure that he's suited to that position against any decent opposition though.
Somehow he's a worse passer than all our CBs.
Miles better as a CB than as our sitter.
It's hard to judge cos we played the bottom team in the league
But he was better here than vs the championship team on the weekend.
If we were a possession hogging team him as cb would work, but we're gonna face better teams and ideally we need varane/Martinez back and having some game time before we have the fa cup final match to stand a bit of a chance
But he was better here than vs the championship team on the weekend.
If we were a possession hogging team him as cb would work, but we're gonna face better teams and ideally we need varane/Martinez back and having some game time before we have the fa cup final match to stand a bit of a chance
Offers little especially considering his wages and physical decline. Another great (dare I say even legendary) player we sign too late in his career.
I fully expect him to not be part of the team next season.
I fully expect him to not be part of the team next season.
Man Utd 1:1 Burnley
New
What the feck was that header. This team is collectively so stupid.
Who was the poster who said they actually liked Casemiro at CB
From one of the most experienced players in the game as well. Comical.
On borrowed time.
We’d be fools to keep him beyond this season as he’s a liability these days.
We’d be fools to keep him beyond this season as he’s a liability these days.
Jogging in midfield on the 90th minute and letting players walk past, he’s completely checked out, just collecting pay checks and can’t wait for summer to travel. A shocking transfer all round.
I feel we got the Casemiro from Wish. Would struggle to play for a championship team.
Casemiro and Rashford having their own competition of who is the most important to get rid of in the summer.
Braindead player
Braindead player
Even last season we saw shades of this. It was probably out of pure determination and mental strength that he still managed to pull off some world class one man show performances. Absolutely insanity giving him a 5 year contract, unless we're moving him to the coachign staff.
Another 350k pocketed.
I understand that his legs are gone. I understand that pinpoint passing was never his specialty. I can accept those shortcomings. But for an experienced player like him to make that kind of mistake, it's unacceptable. And after that stinker of a penalty in the FA cup too. He has lost that desire we saw last season.
that's what scares me. Who the hell is going to match that salary for a player whose clearly finished?
I thought he was having a decent game before the brainfart. No CB would head like that in the box.
If he starts the FA cup final put your life savings on city
Colossal.
Legs are gone, a great pro and I’m sure he’s gutted things are going how they’re, but it is what it is. Time to move on.
Colossal? That means you think he was very good? If he played colossal he wouldnt have made that header which caused Onana to give away the penalty.
Apart from that mental header he did pretty ok today.
Did a fine job covering as a CB. Him and Maguire were OK. Not much protection in front of them.
That header was terrible, but CB may actually be a better position for him - he doesn't have the legs anymore to play that holding midfield role and shield the back 4.